IM Nitish Belurkar amassed 8.5 points and was crowned champion at the All-Goa Rapid Chess Liberation Cup tournament 2022 organised by Queens Chess and Cultural Club at Dr. KB Hedgewar School, Cujira-Bambolim.
AIM Ethan Vaz, Mandar Lad and Reuben Colaco were placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. They scored 8 points each while Ayush Pednekar, Shane Braganca and Paarth Salvi were placed 5th, 6th and 7th with 7.5 points each.
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Earlier IM Nitish Belurkar, AIM Ethan Vaz and AFM Diya Sawal were felicitated by Queens Chess and Cultural Club for their achievements in chess.